grid reference
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡrɪd ˌref.ər.əns/us/ˈɡrɪd ˌref.ɚ.əns/apositionon amapthat has beendividedintosquaresbynumberedlinesgoing from onesideto the other and fromtoptobottomso that you canfindplaceseasilyon it:
(地图)坐标方格What's thegridreferenceof thevillageon thismap?地图上这个村子在哪个坐标方格里?
Maps & map-making
- atlas
- cartographer
- cartographic
- chart
- compass rose
- contoured
- contouring
- coord
- coordinate
- isotherm
- plot
- resurvey
- road map
- satnav
- site map
- survey
- the Ordnance Survey
- the prime meridian
- triangulation
- trig point